Trend price : 150€
Basic monophonic synthesizer from Italy with 10 presets and a limited edit mode.There is also an updated mono version with a polyphonic section model CRUISE.
Overview
(weight: 7 kg) 37 keys. Main panel offers 32 levers, 2 buttons and 22 diodes leds. On left side there is a horizontal pitchbender joystick and a slider for portamento level.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
- audio output
-
volume swell pedal input
Voice
subtractive synthesis generates 1 voice of polyphony. A voice is composed by 1 digital oscillator DCO + 1 pink noise circuit. Sadly there is not CV control and of course no Midi.
Oscillator
when set in edit mode (FREE) it is possible to access DCO parameters:
- waveform: saw / square
- octaves: 4' 8' 16' 32'
Filter
the resonant VCF is multimode:
-
lowpass
-
highpass
-
bandpass
LFO
1 delayed triangle modulator with adjustable depth parameter and 1 of the 2 destinations:
- DCO pitch
- VCF
cutoff
Envelope
a single EG type 4 segments ADSR
Effect
a single fx is onboard ANIMATION which is an analog chorus.
Memory
There are 10 presets: piccolo, sax, clarinet,violin,bass,basso tuba,trombone,trumpet,flute and guitar
Audio demo (from Cruise which is similar):
Video Clip:
Review
OK: analog / cheap
NOT : limited sound / limited edit
"basic monophonic but with own character."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci